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Jacinth-Ambrosia Mine

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 Location:
323 km SW from Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia

  Regional Office:
11 Dequetteville Terrace Kent Town
Adelaide
South Australia, Australia
5067
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Heavy Minerals
  • Ilmenite
  • Zircon
  • Rutile
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Processing
  • Spiral concentrator / separator
  • Electrostatic separation
  • Wash plant
World’s largest zircon mine
Latest NewsIluka taps into hybrid power at Jacinth-Ambrosia after KPS project completion     December 22, 2021


Owners

Source: p. 9
CompanyInterestOwnership
Iluka Resources Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Iluka (Eucla Basin) Pty.Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
Mine owner and operator - Iluka Resources (Eucla Basin) Pty. Ltd.

Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary
  • Mineral sands


Summary:

The Jacinth-Ambrosia mine in South Australia’s Eucla Basin is Iluka’s primary source of zircon.

The Eucla Basin in southern Australia is one of the world’s largest onshore extents of Cenozoic marine sediments. Early Cenozoic coastal deposits remain largely intact and can be traced along a 2000 km basin margin that extends up to 380 km inland of the present day coastline. This includes over 650 km of coastal dune complexes along the northeastern basin margin that have been modified by aeolian processes to form the Ooldea and Barton sand ranges. Sand deposited along this coastline is the result of interaction between a dominant westerly wind, driving westerly longshore drift and building coastal dunes, and sea level change during Eocene to Miocene times.

Marine transgressions during the late Middle Eocene (39–36 Ma), Late Eocene (36–34 Ma), and Neogene (15–2 Ma) reworked beach and backshore dune deposits to concentrate HM in suitable trap sites (Hou et al. 2008; Hou and Keeling 2008). Studies of the zircon age population in sediments indicate the dominant source is from the Musgrave Province, with minor contribution from the Albany–Fraser Orogen to the west (Reid and Hou 2006). The high zircon content reflects a combination of sorting during transport in fluvial and coastal environments over long distance, with possible recycling through Palaeozoic sandstones of the Officer Basin.

Jacinth and Ambrosia formed on the western, basinward side, of the Ooldea barrier system with HM concentrated on a prograding beach complex that developed in a ‘J-shaped’ bay. A prominent headland at the southern end of the bay is the result of sand accumulation on shallow crystalline basement of Palaeoproterozoic metagranite, part of the Fowler Domain of the western Gawler Craton.

The Jacinth deposit is 900 metres wide and 5 km long.
The Ambrosia deposit is 850 metres wide and 2.2 km long.
[10/31/2018 Corporate Presentation, p. 21]


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

Iluka’s Jacinth-Ambrosia operation in South Australia is the world’s largest zircon mine. Comprising two contiguous deposits, Jacinth and Ambrosia. Operation encompasses mining and wet concentration activities with heavy mineral concentrate transported to Iluka's Narngulu mineral separation plant in Western Australia for final processing.

Operations at Jacinth-Ambrosia in South Australia moved from the Jacinth deposit to the Ambrosia deposit in August 2019.

Mining scheduled to return to Jacinth at end of Ambrosia mine life.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • Spiral concentrator / separator
  • Electrostatic separation
  • Wash plant

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Summary:

Dry mining and ore concentrating activities occur on site and produce a heavy mineral concentrate through gravity separation. The heavy mineral concentrate is transported to Iluka’s mineral separation facilities in Australia for the production of final products of zircon, rutile and ilmenite.
[06222017_Media_release, p.2]

Wet Concentrator:
- Vibrating screens to remove grit from ore slurry
- Cyclones remove fine material (clay/slimes) from ore slurry
- slimes to thickener
- sand fraction to spirals
- Surge bin de-couples mining unit from concentrator and regulates feed to spirals
- Spirals use gravity to separate heavy minerals from quartz
- Heavy mineral concentrate dewatered and stockpiled
- Some sand stacked (in-pit tails cell construction)
- Remaining sand is pumped to cells with slimes
Production Capacity: Wet concentrator ~1,000tph; Heavy mineral concentrate ~120tph.
[10/31/2018 Corporate Presenta ........

Recoveries & Grades:

CommodityParameter20212020201920182017
Heavy Minerals Head Grade, %  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required8.2
Heavy Minerals Concentrate Grade, %  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required88.7
Ilmenite Concentrate Grade, %  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required19.918.7
Zircon Concentrate Grade, %  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required62.965.9
Rutile Concentrate Grade, %  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required5.96.1

Production:

CommodityProductUnits20212020201920182017
Heavy Minerals Concentrate kt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required674
Ilmenite Mineral in concentrate kt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Zircon Mineral in concentrate kt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Rutile Mineral in concentrate kt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics20212020201920182017
Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required9,845 kt10,312 kt620 kt
Waste  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required1,465,000 bcm3,010,000 bcm816,000 bcm
Tonnes processed  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required455 kt of heavy minerals concentrate530 kt of heavy minerals concentrate437 kt of heavy minerals concentrate
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Reserves at December 31, 2021:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven 51 Mt Heavy Minerals 3.2 % 1.6 Mt
Proven 1.6 Mt Ilmenite 25 %
Proven 1.6 Mt Zircon 50 %
Proven 1.6 Mt Rutile 5 %
Probable 3 Mt Heavy Minerals 2.2 % 0.1 Mt
Probable 0.1 Mt Ilmenite 21 %
Probable 0.1 Mt Zircon 54 %
Probable 0.1 Mt Rutile 3 %
Proven & Probable 54 Mt Heavy Minerals 3.2 % 1.7 Mt
Proven & Probable 1.7 Mt Ilmenite 24 %
Proven & Probable 1.7 Mt Zircon 50 %
Proven & Probable 1.7 Mt Rutile 5 %
Measured 199 Mt Heavy Minerals 2.6 % 5 Mt
Measured 5 Mt Ilmenite 33 %
Measured 5 Mt Zircon 41 %
Measured 5 Mt Rutile 4 %
Indicated 91 Mt Heavy Minerals 9.1 % 8 Mt
Indicated 91 Mt Ilmenite 68 %
Indicated 91 Mt Zircon 18 %
Indicated 91 Mt Rutile 2 %
Inferred 52 Mt Heavy Minerals 5.8 % 3 Mt
Inferred 3 Mt Ilmenite 62 %
Inferred 3 Mt Zircon 19 %
Inferred 3 Mt Rutile 2 %
Total Resource 342 Mt Heavy Minerals 4.8 % 16 Mt
Total Resource 16 Mt Ilmenite 56 %
Total Resource 16 Mt Zircon 25 %
Total Resource 16 Mt Rutile 3 %

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits2021202020192018
Cash costs Heavy Minerals AUD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 491 / t
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Financials:

Units2021202020192018
Capital expenditures M AUD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Revenue M AUD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required568.6  
Pre-tax Income M AUD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required358.9  
EBIT M AUD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required364  
EBITDA M AUD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required378.8  
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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of October 31, 2018:
HME TypeModelSizeQuantity
Bulldozer ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Bulldozer ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Excavator ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Truck (dump) ....................... Subscription required 150 t ....................... Subscription required
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Mine Management:

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
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Staff:

EmployeesContractorsTotal WorkforceYear
Subscription required Subscription required Subscription required 2018

Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
................................... Subscription required 2021
................................... Subscription required 2020
................................... Subscription required 2020
................................... Subscription required 2019
................................... Subscription required 2019
Annual Report 2018
Corporate Presentation 2018
Other 2018
Annual Report 2017
Press Release 2017
Other 2010
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News:

NewsDate
Iluka taps into hybrid power at Jacinth-Ambrosia after KPS project completion December 22, 2021

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